Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ante Budimir | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sampdoria | ||
Number | 47 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | NK Radnik | ||
2008 | LASK Linz | ||
2008–2009 | NK Sesvete | ||
2009–2011 | HNK Gorica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | NK Inter Zaprešić | 66 | (19) |
2013–2014 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 30 | (19) |
2014–2016 | FC St. Pauli | 19 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Crotone | 40 | (16) |
2016– | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:09, 8 March 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2012 |
Ante Budimir (born 22 July 1991 in Zenica) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Sampdoria of Serie A.
In August 2014, Budimir joined German club FC St. Pauli of the 2. Bundesliga on a four-year deal until 2018. St. Pauli had to pay a transfer fee believed to be around €900,000. In an interview on Budimir's signing, former Croatian international Jurica Vranješ described him as "tall, strong in the air, and reliable in combinations" and compared his style to Dimitar Berbatov. Budimir had a tough time at St. Pauli, scoring just 1 goal in 20 appearances in the St. Pauli shirt.
On 1 September 2015, he was loaned out to Italian club Crotone for the remainder of the season. Budimir made his Crotone debut on 7 September 2015, in a 4-0 loss to Cagliari Calcio, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute for Pietro De Giorgio. In March 2016, Crotone exercised their €1m buyout option on the player. Budimir ended the season as promoted Crotone's top goalscorer with 16 goals in 36 Serie B appearances.
On 5 July 2016, Sampdoria activated Budimir's release clause, believed to be in the region of €1.8m and the player signed a deal ending in mid-2020.